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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Mason bees and relatives (Osmiini) » Hoplitis
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Black bee on Frasera speciosa - Hoplitis
Copyright © 2017 Lynn Monroe

Black bee on Frasera speciosa - Hoplitis
Caribou area near Nederland, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
July 21, 2017
This black bee was visiting Monument Plant (Frasera speciosa) in the Caribou area's floriferous meadows at about 10,000 feet. Venation with a narrow elongate marginal cell and two submarginal cells is unusual. There is a white patch next to the inside of the eye.
The Smithsonion Institute Red Book lists only Heterosaurus (now Pseudopanurgus) bakeri as visiting this plant. The Bee Genera says that this genus is common in the Rocky Mountains and Plains.
Any help is much appreciated.

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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 25 July, 2017 - 10:05am
Last updated 25 July, 2017 - 4:36pm

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 25 July, 2017 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Hoplitis
Thanks so much for identifying this black bee to genus Hoplitis. I do see at least one antenna that seems to have a tiny hook. Your help is much appreciated.
… Lynn Monroe, 25 July, 2017 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

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